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9andaWiggle

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Bowling is too hard
« on: January 27, 2010, 05:41:25 AM »
I think every time I hit the headpin, I should get a strike.  I mean, I can hit the headpin nearly every shot, but the pins... they''re too heavy, and their COG is too low to make them topple as they should.  If USBC won''t do anything about this, I think I''m going to quit bowling.  I mean, I just go there to drink beer, roll strikes, and have fun.  If I have to work at it, like getting the right speed, revs, and think about all the geometry and why the 10 pin still won''t fall, well it just takes all the fun out of it.  If I can''t throw a strike every time, I think I''m just going to quit and find something else to do.  I don''t have to spend my money on this kind of frustration!  I get enough of that during the day at work!

Who''s with me here?  Let''s lobby the USBC to lower the weight, as well as raise the COG on the pins to make them fall easier!!  Make them earn the yearly dues they make us pay!

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 01:50:24 PM »
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Well you certainly capture a lot of the modern day (low avg) league bowlers mentality.
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I think that was the point.

Oddly enough I hear this a lot from my buddy who average's 175. Think's every shot that hit's the 1-3 area should be a strike.....he's slowly realizing that it take's several factor's to be right to string strike's. Right entry angle is the biggest thing he can not fully understand, yet.
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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2010, 01:53:17 PM »
While your at it, see if ball companies can make stronger balls too, the ones we have right now aren't strong enough. Oh yeah, and see if they can come up with newer balls faster too, a new ball every two weeks isnt enough. And, instead of waitresses bringing beer to us, how about a keg at every set of lanes with a HOT beer girl waiting to pour us one straight outta the tap? This isnt too much to ask, right?
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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 01:54:43 PM »
WOW, is this your day to be a jerkoff, bowling snob? I've been bowling for over 40 years and there have always be guys who think if they hit the headpin they should get a strike. Those guys you take with a grain of salt. The majority of the guys know that the only way to get better is practice. As long as the ball comapnies keep making balls that can master just about any condition the amount of practice will dwindle. For god sakes even the pros switch ball in an effort to play the same spot on the lanes. Don't be an azz just to make yourself feel better!!
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BrunsMike

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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2010, 02:05:27 PM »
ROFL.

Most of you guy's are taking this post too seriously. I mean really, you can just tell that he's not being serious just by some of the topic's he bring's up.

PEOPLE LIGHTEN UP!!

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 02:13:10 PM »
There appears to be some that aren't familiar with 9's sense of humor.
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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 02:49:56 PM »
You guys dont know 9 very well do you?

Lighten up guys
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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 03:03:39 PM »
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Well you certainly capture a lot of the modern day (low avg) league bowlers mentality.
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It's not just the low average bowlers that have this mentality. I'd say here in the "awesome" Ashtabula County Bowling Association, about 98% of the bowlers have this mentality.
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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 03:33:42 PM »
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WOW, is this your day to be a jerkoff, bowling snob? I've been bowling for over 40 years and there have always be guys who think if they hit the headpin they should get a strike. Those guys you take with a grain of salt. The majority of the guys know that the only way to get better is practice. As long as the ball comapnies keep making balls that can master just about any condition the amount of practice will dwindle. For god sakes even the pros switch ball in an effort to play the same spot on the lanes. Don't be an azz just to make yourself feel better!!


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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 03:47:14 PM »
9, I hear sheep are more fun anyway. Why waste time bowling???

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I think every time I hit the headpin, I should get a strike.  I mean, I can hit the headpin nearly every shot, but the pins... they''re too heavy, and their COG is too low to make them topple as they should.  If USBC won''t do anything about this, I think I''m going to quit bowling.  I mean, I just go there to drink beer, roll strikes, and have fun.  If I have to work at it, like getting the right speed, revs, and think about all the geometry and why the 10 pin still won''t fall, well it just takes all the fun out of it.  If I can''t throw a strike every time, I think I''m just going to quit and find something else to do.  I don''t have to spend my money on this kind of frustration!  I get enough of that during the day at work!

Who''s with me here?  Let''s lobby the USBC to lower the weight, as well as raise the COG on the pins to make them fall easier!!  Make them earn the yearly dues they make us pay!

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 06:06:32 PM »
Funny...I just got done watching an old PBA telecast in 1979 in San Antonio when after Mark Roth just got done bowling the 10th, Dick Ritger had to double to win. His first shot was high flush and clutch...the second shot was a straight shot with no roll through the nose to split. It seriously made me ill watching it. For that, I hate Dick Ritger!
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9andaWiggle

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2010, 07:56:20 AM »


But, like every joke, there is some truth in it.  I was poking fun, but why do bowlers (the majority anyway) run away from a challenge?  Why are bowlers more prone to wanting easy shots because they "just want to have fun and toss some strikes"?  I've used the basketball analogy a few times in the last week or so, and that kind of perplexes me.  I mean, if you have a goal that's only 6 foot up and 3 foot in diameter, it will be fun to make that long shot across the yard, or dunk on it, for about thirty minutes, and then you get bored with it.  Why don't bowlers get bored with easy strikes?

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ToddM

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2010, 10:32:05 AM »
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i think i should get a strike no matter if it hits the head pin or not... i'm paying all this money for national dues, weekly league fees, super steriod bowling balls and so on. i'm forking out billions of dollars each season so i shouldn't even have to hit any mark on the lane or hit the head pin at all. like chuck norris, the pins should all just fall down when i stand up... 900 every time i bowl league and tournaments... yup!
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2010, 10:37:18 AM »
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i'm forking out billions of dollars each season so i shouldn't even have to hit any mark on the lane or hit the head pin at all. like chuck norris, the pins should all just fall down when i stand up... 900 every time i bowl league and tournaments... yup!


Now there is your problem. You haven't spent enough.
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ToddM

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Re: Bowling is too hard
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2010, 10:53:00 AM »
trash,

some of us are living on a budget ya know... i mean, it's not like a can spend gazillions on bowling each season... i need to save back a billion or two in case there's an emergency like running out of pizza or something...
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